Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-01
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Pail Mall Gazette: What is likely
to be cause celebre will
probably be tried during the present year
by certain persons claiming to be heirs
to the Whadden Hall estates.
The manor of Whaddon and Nash is of
remote origin, for William Giffard, earl
of Buckingham, was granted the manor
of Wadone by William, the conqueror.
lie founded about 1854 the Cluniac .Priorv
of st. Faith, at Longueville, in Nor.
mandy, and bestowed upon it the church of
Waddon, the tithes of the demesne lands,
and OF his woods, pannage and venison,
and all other profits from his woodlands
and pasturage in Whaddon. The manor
and appurtenances descended to Walter,
second earl of Buckingham. on whose
death the same escheated to the crown.
1t was granted by Henry H.. in 1173, to
Humet, constable of Normandy, and do
scended to his son, William Humct, who
was deprive by King John, and the lat
ter granted it to William, earl of Arun-
| DEL and it again reverted to the crown.
In 1s43 Henry Ill. granted it to John
| Fitz- Geoffry.
The estates can be traced through
many hands down to the year 1861, when
they were in the possession of Thomas
James Selby. He died unmarried in
177a, having by his will made, IN 1868,
| devised these estates to his right and law
full heir in fee simple, for the better dis
| covery of whom advertisements were to
| proved to be the right and lawful heir.
All the members of the Shelby family
who are now living; and TO whom the
| testator was member, retained the SER
vices of Mr.. Aldrcd, of Camberwell, n
gentleman engaged in research, to com
pile such a pedigree as includes every
branch of the testators family.
Mr.. Aldred has in consequence com
| piled huge pedigree, either tracing
each branch down to some living person
or showing the extinction thereof. In
this way counsel have advised that the
court must elect from the numerous
claimants such q person as will be
deemed to be the right and lawful heir of
the testator. Records have been found
which hitherto have either been sup
pressed or unknown. and among these
documents are some original declarations
OF persons now deceased, proving the
concealmcnt of and tampering with reg
listers and other records. Owing to this
startling evidence and the fact that the
pedigree is forty y-eight square feet in size,
and the evidence in support weighs sew
eral hundred weight. the case will un-
doubtedly be more notorious than the
at t3, 1000, 600, besides fund in chancery
derived from accumulated rents and
profits.
Ladies should reflect well before using
any preparation that is applied to SC
delicate IA surface us the skin. Aliy cos
metic will at first Impart a beautifying
effect and not apparently injure the skin,
but in a very short time little blotches
and discolorations appear on the face
which conciusively show the poisonous
| drugs in their composition. 1t can be
safely said that more than tUo-thirds OF
the face powders contain these injurious
ingredients. Pozzoni's medicated com
plexion powder IS not only absolutely
free from all deleterious matter, but its
principal ingredient is an active cura
tive for all diseases of the skin. II
has stood the test of years. Sold by all
druggists, and at the depot COZ N e. =
J. street.